Thinaah Muralitharan

Thinaah Muralitharan (born 3 January 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player who entered the national team in 2013.[1]

Thinaah Muralitharan
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1998-01-03) 3 January 1998
Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Years active2013–present
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking15 (WD with Pearly Tan 25 January 2022)
282 (XD with Tee Kai Wun 3 March 2020)
Current ranking15 (WD with Pearly Tan) (15 February 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
Sudirman Cup
2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2020 Manila Women's team
2022 Selangor Women's team
World Junior Championships
2016 Bilbao Mixed team
BWF profile

Personal life

She is the second child of S. Muralitharan, an engineer and Dr. Parimala Devi, a medical doctor.[2][3] She has an older brother and a younger sister, Selinaah Muralitharan, who is a former Selangor state shuttler.[2] She is fluent in four languages - Tamil, Bahasa Malaysia, English and Mandarin.[4]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[6]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Swiss Open Super 300 Pearly Tan Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		 21–19, 21–12 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Iran Fajr International Lee Ying Ying 11–8, 11–6, 9–11, 11–9 Winner
2018 Dutch International Julie Dawall Jakobsen 21–17, 15–21, 11–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Malaysia International Payee Lim Peiy Yee Cheng Yu-chieh
Chung Kan-yu		 21–17, 21–14 Winner
2019 Malaysia International Pearly Tan Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma
Ribka Sugiarto		 21–16, 11–21, 21–18 Winner
2019 Sydney International Pearly Tan Cheng Yu-chieh
Tseng Yu-chi		 17–21, 21–17, 13–21 Runner-up
2019 India International Pearly Tan Teoh Mei Xing
Yap Ling		 21–18, 21–14 Winner
2019 Bangladesh International Pearly Tan K. Maneesha
Rutaparna Panda		 22–20, 21–19 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References
  1. "Thinaah Muralitharan". Badminton Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. Intan Maizura Ahmad Kamal (29 November 2020). "Former shuttler gets into the Asia Book of Records for the longest love poem!". New Straits Times. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. "Thinaah harap Deepavali bawa tuah". Stadium Astro. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. Fabian Peter (7 May 2020). "Rising badminton stars good in 4 languages". New Straits Times. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  5. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.


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